Voiced bilabial affricate

Voiced bilabial affricate
bβ
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The voiced bilabial affricate is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not phonemic in the Cockney dialect of English.

Characteristics

  • The phonation is voiced. This means that the vocal cords vibrate while the sound is being pronounced.
  • The place of articulation (where the sound is produced) is bilabial. This means that this sound is produced with both lips.
  • It is an oral consonant. This means that air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
  • It is a central consonant. This means that this sound is produced by directing the air along the center of the tongue, but not to the sides.
  • The manner of articulation (how the sound is produced) is affricate. This means that this sound is produced by first stopping the air flowing from the mouth, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place this sound is produced, to make turbulence.

Examples

LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Banjun[1]
Dhao
EnglishBroad Cockney[2]rub[ˈɹ̠ɐˑb͡β]'rub'Sporadic allophone of /b/.[3] See English phonology
Received Pronunciation[4]Rare allophone of /b/.[4] See English phonology
Scouse[5][ˈɹ̠ʊˑb͡β]Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of /b/.[5] See English phonology
Shipibo[6]boko[ˈb͡βo̽ko̽]'small intestine'Possible realization of /β/. See Shipibo phonology.[6]
Ngiti[7]abvɔ[āb͡βɔ̄]'thorny vine'Rarely [bβ] more commonly [b̪v][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Phoible 2.0 -".
  2. ↑ Wells (1982), pp. 322–323.
  3. ↑ Wells (1982), p. 323.
  4. 1 2 Cruttenden (2014), p. 172.
  5. 1 2 Wells (1982), p. 372.
  6. 1 2 Valenzuela, Márquez Pinedo & Maddieson (2001).
  7. ↑ Kutsch Lojenga (1994), p. 31.
  8. ↑ Kutsch Lojenga (1994), p. 45.

List of languages with [bβ] on PHOIBLE

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